Fighting Limescale Every Day

Limescale, or scale buildup, is a well-known problem in Nord-Pas-De-Calais and many other parts of France and Europe. In this article, we will explore different ways to fight limescale: first, scrubbing with chemicals; second, installing a salt-based water softener, a device that has become widespread over the past 50 years; and finally, discovering a few alternative systems for softening your water at a low cost.

Method 1: Scrubbing with Chemicals

Familiar to anyone who manages a household, limescale invades your daily life: you find scale on your dishes, on your clothes, in your baby's bottle, and throughout your plumbing, which gradually deteriorates.

The old-fashioned method is also familiar: scrub every Monday morning, scrub every Thursday morning to try to get rid of this invasive limescale!

This seemingly economical method hides a reality. The limescale on your dishes and especially inside your pipes is the submerged part of the iceberg. You scrub while your pipes deteriorate, causing excessive consumption of electricity, water, chemicals… The bill is steep (no pun intended).

Method 2: Installing a Salt-Based Water Softener

According to its advertising, Culligan invented the modern water softener. This water softener is described as salt-based, which means you put salt in a tank that removes limescale from your incoming water, protecting all your plumbing.

Today, salt-based water softeners have become widespread, prices have dropped considerably, water softening technology has spread around the world, brands abound, and you no longer need to take on 10 years of debt through a sales contract with a leading American company. For a few hundred euros, you can order your salt-based water softener and install it at your water inlet, with an extremely simple and quick installation!

This is the service offered by www.josmose.fr. With our installation videos, installation instructions, and excellent technical sales team at your service, limescale will soon no longer be a problem for you. Stop scrubbing, avoid taking on debt, and fight limescale easily and effectively!

Method 3: Installing an Alternative System to Fight Limescale

Manufacturers' constant innovation, driven by the practical constraints of installing and maintaining salt-based water softeners, has led to alternative systems emerging and spreading throughout the water softener market today.

www.josmose.fr offers you 2 alternative systems, tested alongside others. We selected the best value for money and, above all, eliminated alternative systems with poor effectiveness.

Discover SCALEX, the water softener that installs in just 2 minutes and provides local protection for each of your appliances. Overall, a SCALEX costing 29 € extends your washing machine's lifespan from 4 years to 10 years and reduces your washing machine's excess electricity consumption by 30 %. This water softening system is ideal for small apartments or for tenants whose landlord does not want to equip the property with a salt-based water softener. The drawback, of course, is that it only treats water locally and is not sized for an entire plumbing system.

There is also the DECAL system, which loosens the limescale in the water at your water inlet and, without removing it, prevents scale buildup in your pipes. It is an electromagnetic system installed at your home's main water inlet. This means all your pipes and fixtures benefit from softened water. Scale does not build up, and your fixtures will thank you!

This system requires no maintenance because it runs on electricity. It is ideal if you do not want to have to change salt or resin.

With us, you are sure to find the water softener that suits you. And you can finally say goodbye to limescale!

If you do not know which device to choose, call us at 03 66 88 17 85. Our technical team will be happy to help you equip your home with a water softener.